Council of Large Public Housing Authorities

CLPHA was pleased to attend the ACTION Campaign's Capitol Hill Briefing and Reception on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit yesterday! The LITHC is our nation's most successful tool for encouraging private investment in the development and preservation of affordable housing, which is why we strongly support the soon-to-be-reintroduced bipartisan?Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA). We're proud to be on the ACTION Campaign's Steering Committee and to have contributed to this fun and informative event!

CLPHA leadership was pleased to participate today in a Capitol Hill roundtable convened by the House Appropriations Committee’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Subcommittee to help Subcommittee members and staff understand how public housing authorities (PHAs) utilize federally appropriated?funds to offer critical rental assistance to low-income households in their communities. At the roundtable Jeffery K. Patterson, CLPHA Board President and Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority CEO, and La Shelle Dozier, CLPHA Board Vice President and Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency Executive Director, explained to THUD Subcommittee members how they administer federal rental assistance programs at the local level and advocated for the resources and tools that PHAs need to sustain and streamline this important work. Leaders from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) and PHADA_USA also participated in the roundtable. CLPHA thanks THUD Subcommittee Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR) for the invitation to this roundtable and looks forward to working with the Subcommittee to ensure the continuity of federal rental assistance programs.? ?

Spread the word: we are holding a Capitol Hill Briefing and Reception on Tuesday, March 25! Be sure to invite your legislators to hear firsthand from members of Congress and #HousingCredit practitioners on the importance of the Housing Credit. Learn more by visiting our website at the link below. https://lnkd.in/evuwsSVk Our Housing Credit practitioners: Cathe Dykstra | Family Scholar House Scott Farmer | North Carolina Housing Finance Agency Timothy Henkel | Pennrose Jennifer Seamons | Capital One John Wiechmann | Midwest Housing Equity Group

PAHRC had a great time presenting and learning at the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities Spring Meeting! ?? Our own Kelly McElwain and Cathryn Asp, MPP, shared updates from the Needs Working Group on estimating baseline hard construction costs to modernize the nation’s remaining public housing stock—a key part of the 10 Year Roadmap. ?? In his keynote, The Honorable Shaun Donovan, co-chair of the 10 Year Roadmap and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners, emphasized how this research will quantify public housing preservation needs, attract investment, and drive innovation. Thank you to everyone who has supported this work! We’re proud to contribute to the #10YearRoadmap and excited for what’s ahead. #PublicHousing #AffordableHousing #PAHRC #HAIGroup #Research #HousingInnovation

CLPHA is hiring a Legislative Director! The Legislative Director is a senior position that is responsible for formulating and executing CLPHA’s legislative and policy agenda under the direction of the Executive Director. The position has the principal staff responsibility to communicate and represent CLPHA’s interests before the United States Congress. The position has the primary responsibility to communicate to membership on legislative matters, prepare legislative analyses, and formulate and execute grassroots legislative advocacy. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/e9gF3urm

Yesterday, Minneapolis City Councilmember Robin Wonsley joined MPHA staff at the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) Spring Meeting in Washington, DC to present on the new City of Minneapolis-funded Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program that mirrors the successful but sunsetting federal program. The EHV program is one of MPHA’s special purpose vouchers, connecting rental assistance with local Continuums of Care (CoCs) and other partners to bring resources to individuals and families who are homeless, at-risk of homelessness, were recently homeless, or have a high risk of housing instability. The EHV program provides local housing authorities with the flexibility to design unique, locally directed programs to best meet a local community’s needs. With these flexibilities, MPHA developed an EHV program that offers more speed and flexibility for its rent subsidy, while covering additional housing-related expenses. These additional benefits increase access and remove barriers for unhoused individuals and families facing the most immediate housing challenges. Read about the impact EHVs have on the lives of participants and their families: bit.ly/EHVImpactStories To date, MPHA has successfully deployed all 246 of its HUD-allocated EHVs. However, unlike other HUD voucher programs that receive annual congressional appropriations, EHVs only received one-time funding through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the program’s funding is set to expire in September 2030 (and housing authorities have not been allowed to issue new EHVs or re-issue existing EHVs as of September 30, 2023). To preserve this critical tool in addressing the region’s housing crisis, Councilmembers Robin Wonsley and Jamal Osman led an effort last winter for the City of Minneapolis to permanently fund 100 EHVs in partnership with MPHA and Hennepin County. Read more about this nation-leading effort here: bit.ly/MPLS25Budget

? The PAHRC team will be among the presenters of “10 Year Roadmap: Overview of Hard Construction Costs Research” at the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities Spring Meeting on Thursday, March 20, at 3:45 p.m. They will be joined by Greg Russ, facilitator of the 10 Year Roadmap and principal at Pine Street Partners. ??? The 10-Year Roadmap’s Capital Needs Working Group is estimating the hard construction costs of modernizing the remaining public housing portfolio. During this session, the lead researchers will provide an overview of this research and its status. The report is slated for release later this year. ?? The panel will also discuss the path forward: soft costs and costs of energy retrofits for climate resilience are not yet included in the preliminary estimate and will be explored in future research. ?? PAHRC complies, contributes to, and reports on valuable data for the public and affordable housing industry. Sign up to receive updates on our latest research, networking news, and consulting opportunities: https://hubs.la/Q03bmwsC0 #CLPHA #data #publichousing #preservation

Early bird registration for the?Housing Is?Summit closes tonight at midnight!?Register now to get the best Summit rate.?We hope you'll join us at this year's Summit on?May 1-2, 2025?in?Washington, D.C. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gdikFb6

Today is a Day of Action to protect HUD and affordable homes! Join a coalition of stakeholders including CLPHA, the MTW Collaborative, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), PHADA_USA, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Housing Law Project, and more in our March 10 Day of Action to Protect HUD and Affordable Homes! What’s happening: HUD’s approximately 8,300 employees run affordable housing programs that serve?millions of people nationwide, including children, veterans, seniors and persons with disabilities.?The administration has asked HUD to?cut its workforce by about half, with deep cuts in field offices nationwide and threatened reductions to programs and funding.?Staff and funding cuts to an already under-resourced HUD will reduce government efficiency, increase housing instability and homelessness (especially for low-income families and individuals), and?worsen an already historic national affordable housing crisis. Local communities and businesses will suffer, and property owners will lose rent revenue, which in turn could cause increased mortgage defaults and foreclosures. What you can do:?Join organizations and people nationwide today to take action to protect affordable housing! Learn how to get involved here: https://lnkd.in/e-JGTy9D

On March 10, take action to protect HUD and affordable homes! Join a coalition of stakeholders including CLPHA, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), PHADA_USA, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Housing Law Project, and more in our March 10 Day of Action to Protect HUD and Affordable Homes! ? What’s happening: HUD’s approximately 8,300 employees run affordable housing programs that serve?millions of people nationwide, including children, veterans, seniors and persons with disabilities.?The administration has asked HUD to?cut its workforce by about half, with deep cuts in field offices nationwide and threatened reductions to programs and funding.?Staff and funding cuts to an already under-resourced HUD will reduce government efficiency, increase housing instability and homelessness (especially for low-income families and individuals), and?worsen an already historic national affordable housing crisis. Local communities and businesses will suffer, and property owners will lose rent revenue, which in turn could cause increased mortgage defaults and foreclosures. ? What you can do:?Join us on March 10, when organizations and people nationwide will take action to protect affordable housing! Learn how to get involved here: https://lnkd.in/e-JGTy9D